Around the World in 80 Days Mini Reading Challenge: China & Hong Kong

Lambda Literary Award winner Larissa Lai (The Tiger Flu) returns with a sprawling historical novel about war, colonialism and queer experience during Japan’s occupation of Hong Kong during World War II.

With great heart, The Lost Century explores the intersections of Asian relations, queer Asian history, underground resistance, the violence of war, and the rise of modern China― a sprawling novel of betrayal, epic violence and intimate passions.

When is it time for the secrets to come out?

1999, Hong Kong: Fleur repeatedly denies having feelings for Milla, daughter of a New York mob boss, because she has secrets—another identity and a job she can’t talk about. Trouble comes when Milla moves on and leaves Fleur all by herself, amidst feelings of loss and wanting…

Lonely. Used as a pawn. One last bid for love.

18th century China. Imperial concubine Qing yearns for love and friendship. Neglected by the Emperor, passed over for more ambitious women, Qing lives a lonely existence. But when a new concubine comes to court, friendship blooms, bringing with it a taste of happiness.

Two intrepid girls hunt for a legendary treasure on the deadly high seas in this YA remix of the classic adventure novel Treasure Island.

The revelation that Xiang’s father sailed with the Dragon Fleet and tucked away this secret changes everything. Rumor has it that the legendary Head of the Dragon had one last treasure—the plunder of a thousand ports—that for decades has only been a myth, a fool’s journey.

It's 1982, and China has just barely begun to open to the West.

Against the backdrop of China’s Spiritual Pollution and a tightening cultural climate, it becomes clear that Ming cannot leave—and Lu cannot stay indefinitely. Events soon force Lu—and Ming—to balance the love that binds them against the social and political forces that threaten to tear them apart.

In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness…

In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected.

How much would you give to win the world?

The sequel and series conclusion to She Who Became the Sun, the accomplished, poetic debut of war and destiny, sweeping across an epic alternate China. Mulan meets The Song of Achilles.

Hannah tries to become the Sex Fighting World Champion!

Hannah Han wants to be the best Sex Fighter ever! So she travels to China to train with gorgeous five-time champion Mei-Ling Li. But will she be able to survive the ultra-intense martial arts and sexual exercises Mei-Ling puts her through? Or will she become her new master’s submissive slut?

The Sexiest Martial Arts Tournament Ever!

Hannah is in her first Sex Fight Tournament in China. Will all the training she’s done under beautiful Sex Fu Master Mei-Ling Li pay off as she goes up against the kinkiest and fiercest kung fu female fighters? Find out if Hannah can become a Shaolin Slut!

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Four women. One building. A million complications.

Follow four women who live in The Ivy, an elegant high-rise in Hong Kong where all of their desires can come true.

Sometimes "The One" comes along more than once in a lifetime.

With an unforgettable journey through China as backdrop for a story of fated love, Robbi McCoy (Waltzing at Midnight, Not Every River) returns with a decade-spanning romance that explores first impressions, second chances and perhaps third time’s the charm.